Keith M. Kasen is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Busch Entertainment Corporation, the family entertainment subsidiary of the Anheuser Busch Cos., Inc. Prior to assuming his current role, Kasen was BEC chairman and before that was president and executive vice-president and general manager of the company’s Orlando parks, SeaWorld Florida and Discovery Cove. He also has served as executive vice-president and general manager of SeaWorld San Antonio and the company’s Busch Gardens park in Williamsburg, Va.

Before joining the theme park industry in 1985, Kasen served 20 years in the U.S. Navy as an aviator. In this capacity, he traveled to duty stations throughout the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Following his naval career, Kasen joined the staff at SeaWorld Orlando as director and later vice-president of park operations.

Kasen was promoted to executive vice president and general manager at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in 1991, and assumed responsibility for Water Country USA, in Williamsburg when Busch Entertainment Corp. acquired the water ride park in 1992.

Kasen has been active in civic and philanthropic groups in the cities in which he has worked. He has served on the boards of the Boggy Creek Gang Camp, University of Central Florida Rosen School of Hospitality Management, the Florida Chamber, the Executive Committee of the Orlando/Orange County Convention Visitors Bureau and the Advisory Board of Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Kasen earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of West Florida and his master’s of business degree from the University of Utah.

He enjoys physical fitness, photography and golf. Kasen and his wife, Claudia, have a daughter, Sonya.